Multiple proviral integration events after virological synapse-mediated HIV-1 spread

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Multiple proviral integration events after virological synapse-mediated HIV-1 spread
Creators Name:	Russell, R.A. and Martin, N. and Mitar, I. and Jones, E. and Sattentau, Q.J.
Abstract:	HIV-1 can move directly between T cells via virological synapses (VS). Although aspects of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying this mode of spread have been elucidated, the outcomes for infection of the target cell remain incompletely understood. We set out to determine whether HIV-1 transfer via VS results in productive, high-multiplicity HIV-1 infection. We found that HIV-1 cell-to-cell spread resulted in nuclear import of multiple proviruses into target cells as seen by fluorescence in-situ hybridization. Proviral integration into the target cell genome was significantly higher than that seen in a cell-free infection system, and consequent de novo viral DNA and RNA production in the target cell detected by quantitative PCR increased over time. Our data show efficient proviral integration across VS, implying the probability of multiple integration events in target cells that drive productive T cell infection.
Keywords:	HIV-1, Virological Synapse, Integration
Source:	Virology
ISSN:	0042-6822
Publisher:	Academic Press
Volume:	443
Number:	1
Page Range:	143-149
Date:	15 August 2013
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2013.05.005
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